Senator Jim DeMint introduced Senator Marco Rubio to the audience during the Silver Elephant Banquet in Columbia on Saturday night. DeMint had encouraged Rubio to run against a popular moderate Republican.
“When I launched my campaign for the U S. Senate in 2009, I was considered a long shot and was predicted to lose big.” Rubio said. “But we prevailed on a pledge to stand up to Washington’s reckless spending and its assault on the free enterprise system. Today, I’m proud to represent Florida in the United States Senate where I’m working to fulfill my promise to restore fiscal discipline and give job creators more certainty and confidence to open new businesses or expand existing ones.”
Rubio talked about the upcoming general election being the most important in our lifetime. He described the contest as being between two dramatically different world views. One with emphasis on government dependency and the other with emphasis on individual freedom and free enterprise.
Rubio served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008 and was elected to the U. S. Senate in 2010. He serves on the Commerce, Science and Transportation, Foreign Relations, Intelligence, and Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committees.
Senator Marco Rubio is frequently mentioned as a likely vice presidential candidate.
He and his wife, Jeanette, have four young children and live in West Miami.
